Hello from Latvia!! A lot has been happening lately, so I’ll try quickly to get you up to speed.. As most of you know, I had to head over to Latvia for 6 days to compete in the European Championships. Its been an interesting and restless journey over the past month and a half or so trying to figure out what was the “most right” thing to do in this very complex situation. As usual I never take big decisions lightly, and try to consider ALL parties involved. And I have to give a huge thank you to Peter Holt, Coach Hughes, my
team mates, and everyone in the Spurs/Stars faculty for making it very obvious that San Antonio truly is the best run organization in the league. Hands down the Best!
Sooo let me rewind a week or so, and lets talk about how awesome it was to see that Western Conference Championship banner hung on Opening night! It looked GREAT up there! The only thing that would look GREATER would be a WNBA Championship banner hanging right next to it! The game itself didn’t get off to such a pretty start, but we hung in there and kept battling, and didn’t let down that great opening night crowd we had. We feed off our fans energy, and they’ve helped us pull through some difficult games down the stretch, and they certainly hung in there with us till the end the other night!
Speaking of hanging in there, my team here in Latvia, just barely pulled out an overtime win against the home town team. Anete Jekabsone-Zogota is a handful to guard defensively. If you’re not familiar with her, you will be this summer as she is signed to play with the CT Sun. Coach T probably fell in love with her as a player at the Olympics as she gave team USA fits defensively in a pre-Olympic tournament game. Although, life is different over in the WNBA for sure, the girl can flat out shoot it! There were over 8,000 people at the gym tonight, almost all cheering against my team, but I love that kind of atmosphere!! Its really unheard of over here in Europe to have that kind of crowd, so it was a great night globally for women’s basketball.
What was similar though in both these games, was the perseverance it took to win. Nothing is easy at this level, you gotta work for everything!! And what I love is during the course of games, is there’s ups and downs, peaks and valleys! Its in those valleys that you learn perseverance, persistence, and patience! And those traits being stretched and prodded in each individual produces strong character, trust in each other so that you can handle the peaks with integrity. Yes, there’s something to be said to being a “good loser”, but you can learn a lot about someone in how they handle winning as well. How you lose can definitely expose some immaturity, but hopefully winning will show your humility even more! For me I’d rather be a gracious loser than an arrogant winner. There’s always more going on beneath the surface of basketball.. there’s life going on, there’s lessons going on, there’s growth going on!! There’s more to life than basketball, so open your eyes, take a look around at how big the world is, and smile knowing that there’s no one on earth quite like YOU!
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I’ve also attached some pictures from my trip back to Moscow from a few weeks back. Along with a great evening at Benihana’s, I got to go home with one of my
team mates Sapa! Sapa makes me laugh!!!! Oh my gosh, we had a great time.. Watching her try to grill, is a site!! But I can’t knock her, the chicken was great tasting!! One of my favorite little friends also came over for dinner, Sasha.. She’s adorable, and has a lot of energy!! Once she trusted me enough to jump, we had about 30 jumps together, she couldn’t get enough. I love the way kids trust, its pure and innocent, and we had a blast hanging out! Sapa later took my money at poker, and had me take a picture so she could remember the moment!!
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I also attached a few pictures that we took this past weekend with my NY girls, and my nieces!! Seeing Shameka trying to teach my little South Dakota nieces how to dance was priceless! Meka’s got more rhythm in her little finger than the my whole clan together, haha.. but we had a great time, and Grandma Hammon, my Mom, my Sister, and my Sister in Law all made a fabulous meal for us all! The NY crew even got my Grandma to join in doing the wave around the kitchen table! PRICELESS MOMENTS!
Looks like a ton of fun. I guess I am not the only who beats you at poker. Hint: Tacos and Tennies. j/k
thank you Becky! Your speech is delightful as always!
We have the greatest fans in the whole world, Becky!
A couple of years ago some usa hockey club even wanted to hire our fans to support their team.
If Sanantonio will need help with the support team, then you know where to look.
Good luck in semifinal!
congrats,you was amazing! good luck tomorrow in final game!!!!!!
I hoppe you understand why all peoples was against your team? Always when plays russia and Latvia its more then just a game,its like war…its not just game its political game…and in that kind of games Latvia will never cheering for Russia..we will cheering about annything but not about russia.. and you know if Latvia win Russia then for peoples it will be more important then if Latvia wins all championship…
But when all games ends latvians and russians can live together,and stop fighting but in that kind of games…
You are great player,and its so bad that you come and play together with russia in game latvia-russia..why its bad?because you are great
You are so right in that we are all individuals. Enjoy each experience that you can, life is too short. Continue to motivate and encourage all those that you come in contact with. The Lord is using you and your gift of basketball to help others see that we all need to work together to improve this world, one individual at a time. God Bless, good luck tomorrow, and can’t wait to see you Tuesday against Phoenix.
ow.. WOW..!
amazing moment..
well, have u ever been to Asia to play basketball? especially to south east asia..
i thought, u are wise.. and VERY kind..
oh.. that’s awesome becky
I GOTTA MEET U SOMETIME.. i hope..
So,
have a nice day, enjoy ur life, stay away from drugs, and stop global warming …
hey becky! congrats on winning the silver metal…ur new york fans missed u at the game on friday!
Hi Becky! Do not worry, that did not win in the finals at evrobaskete still you the best! Thank you great, that helped Team Russia all the time! You brought us all great pleasure to his game, especially in the match with Spain, it was just super! Give God your health and all your friends! Good luck to you, happiness, and that would be your club San-Antonio has always won! You are a very good man! P.S. Sorry, when you write the message had to use the online translator google, because English do not know! Bye! One of your Russian fans!
Hi Becky! fantastic games against Latvia and Spain! Thanks so much! Did you hear how fans were yelling you name in game with Spain?
) Hope you’ll get Gold next year! Cheers!!